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Depending on the context, the term Pacific Islands may refer to one of several different concepts: (1) those countries and islands with common Austronesian origins, (2) the islands once (or currently) colonized, (3) the geographical region of Oceania, or (4) any island located in the Pacific Ocean. This list of islands in the Pacific Ocean is ...
Polynesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Melanesia and Micronesia. Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the Polynesian Triangle.
Three main islands: Robinson Crusoe Alejandro Selkirk Santa Clara: Oceanic Chile: 100 39 926 9.2 24 Pacific Ocean Lakshadweep: Archipelago: Oceanic India: 32.62 12.59 64,473 2,000 5,200 Indian Ocean Macau: One main island of 21 km 2 (8.1 sq mi) and a peninsula on a river delta island (Zhonghsan) Continental shelf China: 32.9 12.7 680,000 20,668 ...
The Polynesian Triangle is a geographical region of the Pacific Ocean with Hawaii (Hawaiʻi) (1), New Zealand (Aotearoa) (2) and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) (3) at its corners, but excluding Fiji on its western side. At the center is Tahiti (5), with Samoa (4) to the west.
The Pacific Ocean has most of the islands in the world. There are about 25,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. [58] [59] [60] The islands entirely within the Pacific Ocean can be divided into three main groups known as Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
Toggle Pacific Ocean subsection. ... (Island country) Asia Islands; Ayu Islands; ... (Known as Biak Islands and Geelvink Islands)
Map of Melanesia, showing its location within Oceania Melanesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Micronesia and Polynesia. Outline of sovereign (orange) and dependent islands (yellow) Melanesia (UK: / ˌ m ɛ l ə ˈ n iː z i ə / ⓘ, US: / ˌ m ɛ l ə ˈ n iː ʒ ə /) is a subregion of Oceania ...
Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) [7] is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north ...